? t i YAXTIE TJTOU "TE man AD THE LOW, THE RICH AND THE POOR iEBENSBtTRGy: ;FEBI ARY 15, 1855. ,3fEW 'SERIES. . vol; 2. NO. 20. :. . . "J " : I y- ; 3 TERMS : THE DEMOCRAT & SENTINEtj ls puMish J iia. ed. every Thursday -morning; i Ebensburg, .. Cambria Pa;, nt $1 50 per annum, if taid . .' its advance, if not $2 will be charged. ADVERTISEMENTS, will be conspicuously in " -sertad ac the following rates; viz : ': 11 square $ insertions',;" fa A J. $r 00 .-. EverVsubsedueotlBacrtion- -J 25 ," " 1 sqviare S months,, s:' ;00 . 1"", 6 " ,. .. ...r, . . "W 12 00 rft - so oa - y Business Cards vritli-one copj of tho.---; .- s' Democrat & Sentinel, per year, . B 00 i; OTJIiCHILDHOOD- BT J- D. PBEJfTICE. Tis sad yet sweet- to iistcH' . ; - U' - q To the soft wind's gentle swell, ; ? . And tlitalc we hear the music . '! r-.;- Our children knew so well; i-.---r j i : To gaze out on the even, - " ;. - - -'- - - j . And the boundless fields of air, -. - ,-And.fee again our boyhood wish; ' t -1o joam like angels there ! . -i i There are many dreams of gladness That'jclrngf around the past And fronj the tomb of feeling , . ., - : ' Old tlioughts come tlironging fcistr- , :i ' ' The forms we love so dearly, . In the happy days now gone, . The beautiful and lovely, . . So fait to I'jok upon. " . Tlio bright and lovely maidens . ..... " j, Vlio seemed so formed for bliss, ;, Too glorious and too heavenly : , . ' For such a world as tliLi ! : . ; "iVhose soft dark eyes seemed swimming In a sea of liquid light , ' , v . , And yhe locks o( gold were streaming , ." , O'er brow so sunny bright. . , . . Whoso smi!e were like the sunshino -s -- .'T In the spring-time of the year i, like the changeful gleams of April-' !! ; .Tlcy followed every tear! They have passed litofchopc away ' ;,.. I All their lovelinnss has fled - OIJ many a heart is mourning,- : -- :. That they are with the dead. - ': ' " Like the bright buds of siunmer -' Tliey have fallen from the stem -Yet oh it is a lovely death " : ' To fade from earth like them ! And yet the thought is saddening r To muse ou sujch as they ; ; .: i. And feel that all the beautiful, . ... Are p'.SBing fast away! . . , - - . -;. That tlc fair ones whom we love, , .., , Jrow to each loving breast, .- -: ' . lake tendrils of the clinging rincj .. . , Then perish were they rest. , . ; . And ea we but think of those ' In the soft and gentle spring, -..' , When the trees are waving o'er us, i-: ? And tle flowers are blossoming! -r.-.-. Tor we know that winter's coming : - AVith his cold and stormy sky And the glorious beauty round us Is blooming but to die! : - " ' ; From tle Jlaachestcr S. S. Magazine. ' BAENETT THE MISER. - la the Wwn of N , up a passage lead- , ing to tbe liridle-smith-Gate, there lived a man .named Barnett. lie was shout eixty years sof 8gc, Wt though his hair was somewhat .riakled . with grey, and his form was some what bowed, he had the energy of a younger "man, and a frame that seemed of iron , His brow was lofty and gave an idea of intellect, but the hard lines of his face and compressed lips bespoke craft. ' .' 1 1 ' . ' --,t His dwelling was an old mansion Which had eea better days ; secluded on all sides from public gaze its gloomy courts and still gloomier chambers accorded well with the character of its occupant, . whilst the iron-bound shutters testified to the care he had taken to secure the treasure he was said to have amassed. For Sarnett was reputed t be rich despite his h quence oa 'hard times,' f dear food ."loss es in business." He seemed to be chanting a perpetual dirge ' In honor of poverty ; Jut the world TieTer - believes ; a man while he pleads iter, giideas ke wears her livery unmistakably. Otherwise b ahakes its head and smiles skep tically, but then it treads him under, and passes on its way ! , Thus JBaraett had got the r6pUIjti-0a of beinS ricD- aod he certainly de served it. There were many in that town who eould have told of bankruptcies be had u "Mowb he had plundered and orphan he had stripped of all, legally of f" ff0J f-!Pftability respects kwbnt r9.rgoif Tl of a higher command than any mani ade statute,, fromr the great Law-Giver of . Secure in this legality, and hovynt in the repcjjectiqn of the riches it had gained him Barnett sat, on the evemni? that mv talo , Bieaces. takinr his solitarv snnrcr nf nnrn,in. he had "achieved a bargain and indulged ac- eoraingiy;; a aeaa suenee reigned in the ' 'streets, for the TnnnTa haA . , t F f f - Vbyv tULIU for a ffreat meetins outside th'e town, to irive expressioil tQl the discontent then prevalent aaiQnpt the working classes.1 t- v i- A hasty step was heard" upon the stairs.- iv v: v-"-"c w puMJis ana iistenea Z MntrJ-n .young man stood wWi. 4A v ,u oaaasonie, but worn Jfith bauchery anaant. an unruled gleam in his dark eyes, and a visible agitation in his frame. - . ,.!t , i- Fatherr ' ; - . "Son I" ' - : i " After fifteen years of separatioM, their whole' greeting was comprised in this t..-.-1 I "'. The wordfell coldly on the; -ztg man's heart, and he paused as if to nervv 1 ; "'elf- to proceed,, but words came mt, and he stood lrrcoluto." ""' 1"V Vi "i "'"WellP choked the parent, ' what brings you here?! The son toot, courage. 'Afiec-! tion would have brought him. to his knees .f Hardness hardened him the more. i.s ; I.. hare come" said he, ' to- sock employment- I was starving where I was, and now appeal to you I . ask no eharity, nor plead a tie your heart owns not ,'" " - -: i t 'Tos are jight," was the hard response.-- Ingratitude washes out innumerable debts." , "f Ingratitude t" faltered the son a t!' " Yes, ingratitude ; did I not cdncate and rear you did I not love you onco 1 and did you not r betray my love, , squander my sub stance, and now you come to burthen me T' ... : '; ' No! not burthen ; I sought pleasure too eagerly, and have wasted the means you gave. I have been self-willed, but have been pun ished. Years have passed ever me, and nave seen me grovelling in poverty, living with criminals', and when I had most need of com fort, my wife and child laid ' low, starved I Father, starved ! 1 I sat and saw them, as day by day their flesh wasted and their voices grew weak, and I could not help tbero, I could only share their wants, my soul thirstcth; but for one word of kindness.' ;r. r- -.. '' Whieh you shall never have," thundered the old man; " heir of "my name, but traitor to my hearth, 'end In the folly which you have beun. You have-done without me for fifteen . years ; gooa i .4, will aa wituout yon ior me ; go, -and in a v my : heaviest go, ere I corse you go: , witf a bitter earnestness worus cannot,, express, the miser . nisseu out tnese words, and drawing his wrapper more closely round his forn, stalked sternly and hastily out of the room. ," His son sat for some minutes with his face hidden in his hands. ' Then heaving a deep sigh, that sounded of despair, - he staggered forth into the silent streets ! . Thus they part ed, and the last words they were destined to exchangfvwere words of bitterness and strife. Oh, evil hour I Oh, terrible truth ! truth he could not evade! Of all his accusers, teon scienco was the worst ! i Brought up- by "his father, even then stern and inflexible, he be came acquainted with a set of choice spirits' that haunted the corner of the street, scribbled profane language upon the walla, and shouted it to the passers-by ; spirits who lived in a per petual . atmosphere of smoke, and did their . little best to appear like spirits from below.- All this was in secret.- Thus hypocrisy wa3 added to guilt. ' At length his' excesses ran him into debt, and his creditors attacked his father, who, furious at his son's delinquencies, forbade him to see him more. He was then forced to seek a precarious exisience in a neigh boring town. There he married, and brought upon himself : increased burdens. But toil and penury did the work of time; premature age crept upon him. . Bereft of home, hope and family, he threw himself upon a mercy that never existed, upon an affection that never was. . It had ended in this ..... -: . ' And return we to the miser. What words can paint the struggle within -his breast ? A last faint spark of natural feeling strove with the mist of selfishness. The hope of having one to care for him amongst the thousands that cursed his name tempted him to forgive." The hate he, had cherished for so long strove as furiously. - . . . ; : - . ' Suddenly were heard along the passage steps and voices, " Who lives in this dismal house' said one. "The miser," replied another, and they passed away. A black sijog l gathered over his face, a sneer curled his lip; his better feelings were blotted ot for ever in the storm of hate these words called up." ' He had taken to himself seven other devils worse than the first. . . . . ."'"." '..V:'"v". " '' Whilst thus he sat full of evil thoughts, the townspeople, excited by want .and ill-advice, were in opes riet, .and ZkeLr hoarse cries west up to heaven, mingled with the smoke of the buildings they had fired. In - their midst, a man of middle age was the most eager in ur ging them on. , Some said he was a govern ment spy, some a starving weayer, and others some feed in human shape, so impervious to danger did he seem. ; Few could have recog nized in his matted locks and smoke' stained lineaments the miser's son, who seemed to seek a refuge from his misery in extraordinary exertions, - ,:, .t ---:-,r"f -. A great fhtme, shooting high into the , air, and from to elevating . position illuminating the country round about, ,told that the castle was attacked : The miser started at the glare, hastened out, and beheld the devouring ele ment as it swiftly darted up the noble pile, and crowned it with a brief but dreadful glory The fitful flashing of the fire gave a terror to the scene, which the uproar of the mob in creased. :" Hark, high above the din ! To the miser's t to the miner's ;" - Barnet stood transfixed ; he had known that there as much misery in the town, and that the people were almost des- Eerate, but this he had never counted on. He ad watched the misfortunes of others with indifference and even joy, for the scene chimed in with the tumult of his own soul ; but now; when the blow was about to faU tipon his' own head, when his darling riches for which he had sinned bo many years, which had become his friend, wife, child, his other self, his God! when these were threatened by the lawless mob his frenzy was fearful to see. He swore wiA an awful energy, and tope his wiry locks in handfuls from his head , .:.- , ,."(,'. Yes he would save them ! Better to jose life than them. At this thought his courage returned. ; With swiftness borrowed fmm spair hd threaded tha narrow allevit of tha town ; .jdiridiog through entries and passages wuose uiirivacie wef e &nown to few, be TCCh ed his residence before the mob..".-. Quickly he had the doors closed and the shutters barred,, and .' opening a "secret trap that concealed a deep Vell he let' himself and his treasure down' dapace-fs4fetT. .! 'Tt-'i'Z tt " ' On came "tt i rolling crowd, te leader 'now s" riving, wiihi-.ious gestures" to divert tlierii .iron) tueir , purr seouc uje passions , n uaa rcsedrwere not go easily allayed; and hi en- Oa t'ey- came wf.j exulting shouts.', 'and tendered at the door.-'': Lonir they 'batkiod ineffectually," till at length a ruffian; more prov ident than the rest; obtained ah axe and cleft the door posts down.Y The obstacles removed, the crowd poured in and rau from rooai to room. Desks rifled of their contents, broken furni ture piled on the'floo'rf, and curtains torn fro3 their ringf attest, tbfir fury. z:. Fire! save yourselves P, ; ' rahh. .tzzk place , seven people on that awful night A:ere trampled to death,, and many more bote to their dying day sad traces, of their crinics." - With savage cries they watched the climb- ug . names, ana mar Kea iue iiuck ioias oi smoke, roll suddenly trom the roor which leu with a tremendous crash.- At that moment a prolonged shriek of agdny rose above the tu mult, which sent the nlood curdling through their veins. A- "troop of soldiers completed" their dismay , and the morning sun beheld the smouldering ruins and thick pools. of blood in evidence of the afiray. . : U ' '. ' . Workmen were busy - in clearing away the ruins of the miser's house," and yet no vestage of humanity was found. At length they came upon a blackened corps, "whose , hand, still grasped the ring of a ' trap door, on : lifting which the body of, the. miser was found. A stream, of . molten lead had. trickled fronr the. roof, and in the place he had esteemed ; most secure hadj inflicted a cruel though speedy death ! , , .. ,- r : , - They laid them side by side.,,.. Thus father and gonj who. had journeyed by such different ways met in one grave at last,. . . .. . . . ..j. . The one had suffered his passion to gain the mastery, and had neglected the opportunities of knowledge placed in his reach., : He, had joined the mob as we have seen, and it -was supposed that going to the well, remembered hiding place to save his lather, he had 'been crushed by a falling beam. . . His heart - h ard and defiant before, had been softened by his father's threatened fate-' Happy he, i that death found him in a mood like that. : - - . The other though an unhappy greed, had passed his life in solitude, hated by all, re spected by none.- ': The - very-, rabble'Jooked down upon hira with contempt aad abhorrence. He had ad used the, intellect God had given him to unwortlur endsant ,,toaj jjnwpjthyend.it uaa Drougnu mm. ius wcaua went to uie t ' fT . A 4. t A-A .1 I (vnnorol .f-kfTIira rf I.liA ct:iffc find nuifi vnc handed down, to : posterity as Harnett the Miser" ' .. . . ; , . -- " German Brides. ; ' - Mri: James- Brooks of the Xew York Ex press now in Europe, in a recent letter, says: c - The Germans, by the way, have a queer way of making Brides," and of doing some other things in . the - courting and marrying way, which may interest, you, perhaps.:' When a maiden is betrothed, she is called Bride," and so continues till he becomes a Wife." All the while she is engaged, she is a "Bride." The lovers, immediately upon betrothal, ex change plain rings. which- are worn ever af terwards, until death parts them. The woman wears hers on the third finger of her left hand, and the man - his on his hand..;' When the " bride" becomes a wife; her ring is transferred to the ' third, finger of the right hand; and - there it - remains. .The husband always .wears his ring, just as the wife wears hers, so . that if you look upon a man's hand you can tell whether he is mortgaged or not. There is bo cheating for him ever, after no coquetting with the girls as if he was an un married man ; for lo ! the whole story is told by his finger-ring. A Viennese married lady was much amused when I told her that in our country., wc only. "ring", the women, but let the men run at large unmarked.. ' O,' that is dreadful," ;giud she., more than half shocked, "Think, there is Frederick, my husband nly twenty-four ; so young, so handsome ; and all the girls would be taking him for an unmar ried man, and be making love, to him. O, it is dreadful! is it not?. ' How can ycu do so in your country ? .. I would not , live there with Frederick for the world." Thinking over the reasoning of my fair . Vienuese, I could not but .come to the: conclusion, with her that in her ' country, there was more security for the wife ; and that, therefore, her custom was bet ter than ours But would there not bo a re bellion among the men in America, if the wives there were to thus put a public stamp of 'pro perty'' upon their husbands at every step they took 2 - The Germans t have other agreeable customs in. their silver . weddings, (silbcrne huchzcit') the twenty-five years of wedded life, and their golden weddings, (jfdden hucJizeit) fifty years; but of these so much has been written ,. tb a 1 1 can, probably write you nothing new-' . , If I ever get time, I' will consecrate a whole 4 chapter to you on German Courtships and . German wedded life-but this letter is just now medley enough. , ' 5r. , , A LOVEr'8 ' STRAT4GK3I tA1 marriage was consummated out West; recently; under yery peculiar '-circumstances: ' " ' The father T of " the bride was violently opposed to the inarriage f and 6jT tbeday appointed for its celebration; posted " No admittance" on the gateway lead ing to his housey and stationed a young man with a musket to ; enforce attention to the or dinance . from the expectant bridegroom . -Finding . he could - not accomplish his object without "resorting to force- pr stratagem; and remembering that his lady love had a rin of his in possession he go put a.warrant" for her on a charge ofr obtaining' 'feooda : under dse pretences, ; had - her - brought before a magis trate, who. after the lover? bad withdrawn his complaint and paid the costs,' soon united them in the ,holv bond3of matrimony7' fcv; .r" ,i . INTO S22AST0P0L. Tl : : ecpondent of the Morning Herald, writl j the camp, on the 7th, thus de scril i i 3 appearance of, the town of Sebas topo!, : : JL the condition of the. Russian defen ces, i i vbwed from Ovens : v : ' ' " ' r vSel;trpol is not in ruins, and what is more important still, thes de&moes are four times stron?r and more vigorous than the first dajr we o; : ; i- fife. j' I know this, statement may. make ry fetters unpopular with a certain set, who wiU see nothing but victories and causes for grslklatioa' in all we' do ; but nevertheless, it is -only the truth, arid I am confident that time wiH. vindicaterqy assertion even in the eyes of tH pr 1 !ic- . :f4 , n .- ' ' To i .1 - ' IT on tLis point beyond all poss" ..'.'ft;' i " I ,yerJ9y ?otermined .'v'L.t civ.. . i Is. ced j li quet post," ithiu ypO yards of the Russian batteries and close everlooking the town and harbor. :It is perfectly "easy to approach this place' now for a covered way has been con structed to it, and both sides have - compara tively speaking, ceased firing for some time. One large barriek inside the walls, against which our fire, as against a government build ing, has been pa rticulaily directed, is riddled in every part, and most of its roof destroyed The same is the case with about sixty or sev enty of the houses nearest to the walls, but beyond this nothing has been done: Had any of the principal mansions more to the centre of the town been injured, it would be easily seen, as most of them are detached, and . all are white as snow," and instantly show a shot mark. . . The splendid structure which we call the "Parthenon" the Government house ' and, indeed. 19-20ths of the buildings show, no trace of injury. --'------ The streets which I could sec,' and whieh, of course, were, those nearest to our batteries, were all in a most enviable state of cleanliness and good order. .In'.these were numerous bodies of troops lounging about unconcernedly, with their muskets piled upon the pathways. Many civilians passed, constantly j to and fro, and now and then an ammunition wagon : but I saw no traces of either woman or children, or other vehicles of the ordinary description. Of the earthworks around Sebastopol, it is more difficult to speak with accuracy. , So nu merous are these defences that of them it is quite impossible to gain at once a near and ex tensive view.; -As far as I can judge from traversing nearly two thirds of the allied lines, the enemy's batteries appeared generally in good working order. r . ' .. ' ' The whole of the enemy's batteries are now Protected by a deep ditch in front, with regu ar alLattU and rows of stockades and cAetwwx Je frits. , From tliia ': fact alone it is evident tUj Aro oardiog against,, and,, tbere- fore fear an u. But it is I ' principally of the north side that I wish to spealc.' - The tremendous extent of the new redoubts and batteries which I saw thrown up all around the city, did, indeed, astonish me. Every spaee from the circular earthwork and mar tello tower;(the latter now a mere pile of rub bish,) round. to the sea near Cape Constai tiuc, is one long line of redoubts and batter ies. Mata, Gibraltcr, or the lines of Chat ham :all is One, would be far more vulnerable than these formidable intrcnchmcnt3; covered with infantry pits, and deep ditches in front, and protected by scraped banks, stockades and masses of cannon. I have seen many of what are called first class fortresses, but, the present aspect of Sebastopol might vie with any. ; - ' ' On our extreme left, the French push the enemy closely. Thev have not lately advan ced their works, but their third parallel is still within 208 yards of the llussian batteries, and ouly 400 or 500 from the houses outside the walls.' The part of the town opposed to the French is certainly more injured than on our Side, of eorse, because of their being nearer, their guns have longer range.: The mud fort, which, at the commencement of the siege, mounted nearly 40 guns, is now almost untenable, and rarely fires. -The Quarantine Fort of stone, is nearly ruined, and is certain to he completely destroyed the. instant we re sume our fire ; bat the Flagstaff, earth work, which did the French so much injury, is still, I regret to say, almost as strong as ever. However, with regard to this latter opponent, our allies speak most confidently of being able to dispose of it when they wish. On this point I shall only say that I think t&ir con jectures are well founded, , - ' : i- ., 1 1 . A Marrjagb License Fbacdci.extly Ob tained. A Scesb in Cocbt. The ltichmond Enquirer gives the following as the sequel to tho Schonbergcr case,-which has afforded so much food for gossip in the Virginia papers : - ' The' case of Lewis Schonbergcr vs Fat rick Jordon, to obtain possession of his (S.'s) wife, alleged to bo forcibly and unlawfully detained by J. k the father, came before J udge Clopton, on a writ of ; habeas corpus, on Sat urday last at the State court-house. . 3IrEU lett, clerk of Henrico court, testified that he had issued a license for tho marriage of Schon berger to Miss Jordon; on the authority of a written order from S., presented by a man named Hughes, who .solemnly swore that Miss Jordon was twenty-oue years of age ; and the Rev. Philip . Courtney stated that the parties came to his house; ou Church Hill, on Sun day night, the 21st inet', and were married uader said license; Thomas P. August, Esq.; counsel for the"'' bnddgrooin ; niaintaiped the informality and trickery in obtahiug the li cense, and the failure to obtain tho consent of the parent, did not yitiate or render null and void the marriage ; and.W. W.. Crump, Esq., counsel for the. father, claiming tlje phihion the ground that sho was' ony eighteen years cf age, argued that a parentj unde the laws of Virginia,-was- entitled to the services and guardianship-of his infant child until ho had given his consent to the marriage, or until she had been married 'under a legaland legitimate , and not a falseand corrupt. license, .J, ; " Judge. Clopton after tho argument of counsel j had been . submiltcd fcd, th,c I4W foverning his powers in the case, and said he ad no difficulty in deciding vthc marriage, notwithstanding the , manner in which the li cense was obtained, was a valid one, and that, consequently, the husband was entitled to the possession of his wife. He therefore directed that she be given into his charge. Sehonbor ger ' immediately approached her," placed her arm under his, and they left the court-house together, surrounded by a largo crowd of per sons who had been anxiously a wait iug. the re sult of the contest Thus, it appears, that although, 'Jordan is a hard road to travel,' Schonberger, by the aid of perjury, has suc ceeded in getting over it." " ( ' The Enquirer adds: ."" - ' ' r . ' When Judge CJoptoa'anrouriced his de cisiou in favor of restoring to Scbonhergcr his wifj, .." tlout of exu'. ".: 1 ver.t r- f c; i t'.io large crowd Such as we haez.c .Are wit nessed hi the halls of justice. Tho applause! was a noisy and disorderly as it was "dis graceful." ';. ' - ; " , ' A Propped Letter. ;" .' ,; J" The following letter, written by a Know Nothing member of the MassachuBctU Legis lature, wc clip from the Boston Poet ; . , ... ... -Boston, Jan. 1G 1855. . - Sos Jousr; I have too much legislative work to come home on Saturday night as I said I would so you must mind the farm; I have managed to get ou a good many com mutes so as to be come popular by having my name printed oftener in the papers and I manage to say something occasionally and I have sac a my name 3 times printed in the daily bee. American principles is looking up some here in Boston and we are going to disr cord all foreign aliments in our government (by the way have the barn door-painted over with some other color besides Spanish brown I dont like anything Spanish.) Thegevcrnor has made a lick at the foreign malitia and disbanded all the companies. (Dout use any more British oil for j-our deefness for I have thrown away that box of Russia salve your mother put in my trunk wto rub my rumatic leg with ue American phisic it is the best.) T e are going to have the latin lingo taken of the state coat of arines and put plain yankee english in its place. We are going, a head I tell you, and make a clean swoop of every thing of foreign extraction I hare visted no place of amusement excepting the live buffalo which is a regular native he looks very much like a hairy cow. Speaking of cows reminds me of our Durham bull you may sell him to Wade the butcher he is of a foreign extraction,. A friend asked me to go to the Athaneum and see the library and pictures but I was told J nearly all the pictures are painted by the old masters as they are called- and these I am told are, with out exception all foreigners beside many of the books are in foreign lan guages so it is contrary to the spirit of princi ples to visit such a place. I was going to see Banvards great painting of the holy land which is making some stirt but a native artist told me it was painted with Venetian - red Dutch pink and Naples yellow while all the skies, were Prussian blse too much &f the foreign climcnt to be interesting to me. By. the. way " speaking of paiut have the jTront blinds which I had painted with French green last fall "pain ted some other color other than I mentioned above. Stop he Zions Herald and take the Yankee privateer in its place, fiiye my Marseills vest to dick the plowman and tell him to stone Jip the scotch terrior off the farm and to kill that Maltese cat. .... from your effectionate father, The Judge's Big Shirt . The story goes that, on a certain occasion Judge A then cn a visit to lialejgh, si. C., was notorious for leaving; home without the necessary precautions of carryiag along a second shirt. - While here he was invited to attend a gay and fashionable party, to be giv en the following evening, at the residence of Judge L '. The visiting Judge, was ter ribly perplexed about a cleau shirt far the eo casiou, and while resolving in his mind hoar be . should possess himself of the desired arti cle, (in those days ready made shirts were not as now, articles of merchandise,) whea he was -called on at his room by 'Mr. C , asother limb of the law, but not a J udge.' After pas sing the usual compliments, Judge. A - re marked " See here, C- I have just been invited to attend a party to-morrow night, and I hayn't a clean . shirt for tho occasion" ho ping, no doubt,- that his friend would proffer the loan of one of his. But being bit of a wag, and relishing a good joke amazingly, he concluded to have a little fun, and at the same time learn his judicial friend a lesson concer ning his negligent custom. " Oh !" said he, " there's no difficulty about that. lean have you one made' : . : . - . " But do you think it eaa be finished in timoV" .said Judge A. ' ; - "No doubt about it. I have a shirt-maker who is perfectly prompt and reliable, and I can vouch for its being ready." . ' " Ail right then, if you'll bo sure and at tend to it." ; " V .. ; - r ' You may depend on it," said the Judge's friend. ' It shall be here by half-past fcix to morrow evening."'' . - : ; ! ; - . O ;in gina homo thai night, called at the lady's and ordered her to. go toS . s store, " get, nine yards of bleached "do.uietic's and thrco yards of linen, and make a shirt of it for Jqle A, and deliver it at his room, on the fwiioaiuo evening at half-past six pre cisely, and charging her particularly there was to bo no- disappointment, aod not to deliver sooner or later than half past six. : v ' But, Mr. C -," expostulated the wo man, "you moan turee shirs, doa't you, out of nine yards?' ' ; ; Do as I tell you, madam. , Don't you suppose I know, what sized shirt is required by my friend t" .-...s ' 1 Early next morning tho cloth was procur ed, and the making of the shirt entered upou. ,bout six -o'clock u the evening, C , all attired and ready for the - party; called on ; the Judge, wheu he was "Saluted on his en trance, with-r- -' .! . -'.: -,- ,VSce here, that shirt has not been sent yet!" - - Oh!" says C.V pulling out his watch, "it is not lime yet, it lacks- a quarter to the time, for I told her to have if here by half past six." . The cpnple chatted ' away awhile, when presently a timid knock at the. door was hoard. Judge A- jumped to tfpen it, .wiitm a little girl askod if that was Judge A; s room? t ,i ' ' . - '. . Bcin? answered affirmatively, "the contin ued,. 'Here's a shirt Mr. C told niv mother to make for .you." - .."All right, my nice little and fitraicht way began to prepare for . donning the niuch poyeted garment, remarking, ' -It is well made, an i I ".ndsoniely done un, too. Sinnrt woman " Ihatl-Ir. C.".- ' '' ' "Oh! yes; I knew she would not disappoint you in any respect." . '" ' - By this time thq,Judge had craumenced pulling it over him. - . lie pulled and puljed, as yard after yard passed, and still his head was enveloped in the shirt. . Ho complained of it's size, but his friend told him he Lad got It twisted, but to hurry on as 'twas time they were at the party Again ho set Liiuself to -the task, and by hard struggling got through, finding himself enshrouded in a shirt five yards long aod four broad, covering all over the floor with its ample drapery! - v "In God's name!" said the judge, in aston ishmcnt, "What is this the woman has sent me?" looking with consternation -upon tho monstrous shirt around and beneAth bun, "What is it I say?" Jt was with much difficulty that C - could restrain bis laughter, but approaching bis cushirted friend ayd pulling the huge col lar down, so that he eoild sev his face, he gazed-with apparent wonder, and observed. "Whatjj silly, stupid woman! I told her to get juit enough to make three shirts; in stead of making three she has put the whole w nine yards into one shirt! Bat we must hur ry up and make the best of a bad bargain, for it is high time that we were at the party this minute. You can push it down into your trowscrs and nobody will be the wiser." So at it the J udgo went, his friend assisting Lix, as yard after yard was piled away in bis unmentionables; j(they didn't wear tight -in those days,) and thus he went to Judge B.'s party, if not the finest -dressed, at least the largest shirted gentleman in the crowd. ; C. promised never to-'blow' on his Judi cial friend; and kept his word, until he learned that the J udge was compelled to tJl it on himself, for unfortunately ho carried the big shirt home, and Mrs. Judge wanted to know what trcmendious big woman' shift that was in his trunk? He hd to out with- it; . and it being told by himself, . Mr. C. . felt at lib erty to tell it also; which he does sometimes to the infinite merriment of all who hear him. Abskxck or Mind and Clothes. The " following anecdote of our innocent French Canadian, is from .Mrs. Moodie's recent work : A couple f youBg ladies were walking one fine summer evening along the west bank of the Moira, and the narrator, n stooping over the water to gather some wild flowers that grew in a crevice of the rocks dropped her parasol in the river. A cry of vexation at the loss of the article of dress, which is ex pensive, and almost indispensable beneath the rays of a Canadian sun, burst from bcr lips, and attracted the attention of a young man whom she had not before observed, . who was swimming at some distance down the river. He immediately turned, and dexterously catch ing the parasol as it swiftly glided past him, swam towards the ladies with the rescued ar ticle, carried dog-fashion, betwwn his teeth. In bis teal to render this little service he forgot that he was not in a condition to appear before the ladies; who, startled at such an ex traordinary apparition. mdc the best of their time to fly prccipitably from the f pot. . , "I have no doubt," said Miss" , laugh ing, "that tho good-natured fellow meant yell, but I was never so frightened and con founded 'm my life." The next morning the parasol was returned d the ftxeet door; with Jean Baptistc's coniplimvw to the young laEos," ' So much for French Canadian gl- lantry, ", ' , . J . 1 . " Hogarth's Red Sea. .' ' '. . . Hogarth was onee applied to by a miserly old nohleiiian, to paiut oa his Btair-case a re presentation of the destruction of Pharaoh's Hosts in the Red Sea. In attempting to fix upon - the price, Hogarth became quite dis satisfied ' The miser was unwdling to give more than half the real valuo of the picture. At last Hogarth, out ofal! patience, agreed to his patron's terms. Within a day or two, the picture was ready. The nobleman was. surprised at such expedition, audiuiniediatJy called to examine It. The canvas was all over red. , , . r -.'-'. . v,"Zoundsl"aid the purchaser, "what have you here? I ordered a pcene of the Red Sea." ;; "But where are the Israelite? .'They are all gone oVcr., ' . , 'And where arc the' Egyptians?" . , . "They are all drowned " The miser's confusion could ouly' lc equalled by the haste with which he paid his bill. 7 ! . . .. '" ' : T"i & i- V': V ,V , A Shy Youth. '. -.. ,. v,, ? 'Everything is' arranged for your .wedd'ng. with" Susan Tompkins," said a father to hi oldest sou; "I nope youwili behave yourself " like a man. Thomas." . . . , ... t- s The individual addressed was a young man.' seated on a chair, dispatching a piece of bread and m 'lassc. II la ouly answer was a sigh., accompanied with a. flood of tears. . , .,,-, t " hat bbjectious can - you have? Susan is handsome and wealthy, and uarricd you uiut be some time or otlwp,'' . Your mother and I? were muriieJ, and It is my command that you, prepare yourself fur vour nuptials," . ... , "Yes." finally sobbod .Thcnias,'"That's V diioitut thing You married mother, , but I'm sent to lunrry a str;uig ?:il. , r ' -' ' ' . 5
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